USH'S MATRIX GAME 2006 THIRD ASSIGNMENT- 'The Fortress'

So...what IS the sliver?

Metal. Artificial.

"Oh this just keeps getting better and better..." San mutters, glancing down at her side.

Sliver-thingy I'm assuming? If so then I'll pull it out...

Well, it's out!

Mors, you are starting to feel... a bit weird.

Artificial? Okay, that's not good...

Define weird.

Like you just swallowed your own neck weird.

No, hang on... you're not thinking clearly.

Mors shakes himself, dropping the shotgun as he attempts to focus on what is happening to him.

Can he get reception with Ariadne as he takes a closer look at the sliver? Can he figure out what it's meant for?

"Mors! Mush slush signal nerf nablet!" says Ariadne, urgently.

Mors shakes his head and glares at the phone.

"Repeat that!" Mors shouts. He does catch the word 'signal' and quickly associates it with his broadcast signal. "I said repeat that!"

Erm...

Are any of the rest of us noticing this happening to ourselves?

And I think it might be a good idea for someone who HASN'T been stabbed by a weird sliver thingy to try and call an Operator and figure out what is going on...

Klez will whip out his phone and call the Percy unless he now discovers he's been stabbed as well...

Mors is quite some way away from the rest of you at this point, as Dallas is.

"Meeeeeeeeehhhhhhhhhggggggggg nuuuuuuuuuuu rrrrrreeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa..." creaks the phone as it tries to bite at your hand, Mors.

Klez, you seem clear. Finn answers. But you can hear in the background emergency noises going off... a little distant, so not a proximity alarm or anything on Finn's main console.

"There's a vehicle just over the rise. Long story short, it's your only way out of here. I can't guarantee what happens next though, lad."

San- the sun seems to be moving at an acceleated rate, the clouds drooping down to cover the peaks in the distance.

"No! Back!" Mors says, feeling quite freaked out. He tosses the phone down and stomps on it, then concentrates on following after the others.

"Captain, we need to go!"

"Thanks, Finn," Klez says, and hangs up.

"Over the rise, ladies and gents!" he calls to the others, gesturing in the proper direction. He turns and fires on Sentinels as they approach.

"Um, Mors?" Heph asks, "What the hell are you doing?"

Can Heph dial Ariadne and see what's up with Mors? I guess throwing a possessed phone might count as hanging up...

Mors, that causes you to stumble and fall, dislodging a rather miffed Heph in the process.

The ground swallows your hand, and now appears to be trying to merge with it.

Klez, you sare moving on- wondering what the freaking hell is wrong with the others- but people are widely scattered and it's hard to protect them all. Not many can even hear you.

You certainly notice the two spiders racing towards Heph and Mors get blasted down though.

Assault rifle fire?

You'd like to, heph, but your body isn't working so well right now.

Klez raises an eyebrow and tries to find the source of the assault rifle fire.